ROCKHAMPTON, QUEENSLAND

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		72		81		80		78		74		68		63		61		64		69		74		78		80

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		83		89		88		86		83		78		74		73		76		81		85		88		90

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		61		72		71		69		64		57		51		49		51		56		62		67		70

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		114		108		110		104		96		89		90		87		92		99		106		114		106

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		30		61		61		52		40		37		30		30		31		38		45		49		50

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		68		15		10		6		2		---		---		---		---		1		7		11		15

Average Number of Days Above 80F/26C

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		240		30		27		29		26		13		2		2		7		17		27		29		30

Average Number of Days Below 45F/7C

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		32		---		---		---		---		2		8		12		8		1		---		---		---

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 53

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		33.5		5.7		6		4.4		1.8		2.1		1.4		1.3		1		0.9		1.9		2.7		4.3

Average Number of Days With Thunderstorms

Years on Record: 53

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		24		4		3		1		1		---		---		---		---		1		3		5		6

Most Rain Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 53

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		64.2		26		17.8		17.6		7.8		12		7.3		7.2		4.2		4.2		6		6.1		21

Least Recorded Rainfall

Years on Record: 53

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		15.5		0.3		0.1		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.1

Average Morning Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 40

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		88		88		89		88		88		88		87		87		87		88		88		86		87

Average Evening Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 41

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		48		55		57		55		50		49		46		44		41		40		43		46		50

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 285

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		59		68		69		67		62		56		51		48		50		54		59		63		67

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		245.5		---		---		---		---		---		75		124		46.5		---		---		---		---

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2818.6		480.5		409.6		387.5		255		77.5		---		---		---		105		263.5		375		465

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 52

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		8051.9		945.5		833.4		852.5		705		542.5		375		341		418.5		555		728.5		825		930

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.5		13.8		13.3		12.6		11.9		11.4		11.1		11.3		11.7		12.3		13		13.6		14

Average Number of Days With Fog

Years on Record: 53

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		55		1		1		2		4		7		7		8		9		8		5		2		1

Average Wind Speed

Years on Record: 43

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mph		8		9		9		9		8		8		8		8		8		8		8		8		8

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.4		6.5		5.8		5.5		4.6		4		3.8		4.1		4.8		5.9		6.4		6.8		6.8

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.7		2.4		2.3		1.9		1.6		1.2		1		1		1.2		1.5		2		2.3		2.4

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.7		5.9		5.5		5.6		5.1		4.9		4.8		5.1		5.7		6.3		6.2		6.2		6.7

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.9		5.9		5.1		5.4		5		5.2		5.6		6		6.3		6.8		6.5		6.5		6.3

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.4		6.5		5.8		5.5		4.6		4		3.8		4.1		4.8		5.9		6.4		6.8		6.8

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		2		2.6		2.4		2.1		1.7		1.4		1.2		1.2		1.5		1.9		2.2		2.5		2.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		6.5		6.8		6.5		6.3		5.9		6.1		5.5		5.8		6.9		7.3		7		7		7.3

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		7.5		7.8		6.9		6.6		6.4		7.2		6.8		7.3		8.4		8.7		8.2		8.2		7.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.4		5.1		4.6		4.5		3.3		3.3		3.3		3.6		4		4.7		5.7		5.4		5.7

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.5		2.1		2.1		1.8		1.4		0.9		0.9		0.8		0.8		1.1		1.6		2		2.2

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.6		4.7		4.3		4.5		3.6		3.9		4		4.3		4.6		4.9		5.5		5.1		5.6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4		3.6		3.1		3.5		2.7		3.5		4.1		4.7		4.3		4.3		5.1		4.2		4.4